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The story behind Platformines (developed by Magiko Soft and coming out on 28th March) is one full of surprises and intrigue! Thanks to this second “Dev. Diary”, players will get the chance to see how a developer comes up with new ideas. After the success of Platformance, Cedric and Ludovic decided to use their engine […]

The story behind Platformines (developed by Magiko Gaming and coming out on 28th March) is one full of surprises and intrigue! Thanks to this first “Dev. Diary”, players will get the chance to see how a developer comes up with new ideas. When asked about the origin of their game and the engine behind it, Cedric and Ludovic (the […]

A big thank you to all involved in the game being greenlit, we cannot thank you enough! It’s a been a long year since we put the game on greenlight. We are now polishing and integrating the game with the Steam API. Expect the release in 2014. Sorry to have you a wait a little […]

Plenty of good news here: Firstly, we are happy to announce that you can try Platformines by downloading the PC open beta now. Don’t waste a minute and get it from here: (edit: we have a brand new -beta 2- up here: http://www.platformines.com/ ) Download BETA mirror #1 Download BETA mirror #2 Download BETA […]

Here we are, 9 month later with a build that is very close to the final release. We are currently testing the game with a closed beta to make sure the game runs well on different PC configurations and to polish the overall experience. In the meantime you can watch a video of the latest […]

As we are getting closer to finishing (one step at a time), fun features are coming in. This video update mainly shows 2 new weapons that have been added: the shotgun and the sub machine gun. The shotgun is a short range weapon that shoots 5 bullets in a wide spread cone. Very useful in […]

Hello. The good people over at Dealspwn.com have asked us about our two man team and details about Platformines. It’s a good read if you are curious about us and want to get the latest details on Platformines. Hit the link: Platformines Interview: Magiko Gaming Talks Big Guns, Procedural Worlds & Indie Inspiration!

What’s new in the Platformines development these days ? As you can see at the beginning of the video (watch in HD), there is now a ‘customize hero’ screen that lets you deck out your dude. We are still adding more possibilities but already you can make some pretty original faces. ( hit that Watch on Youtube […]

Hey! We’re giving away some Magiko Gaming games for XBox 360. Lucky winners will get a pack of four games containing: Platformance: Castle Pain Platformance: Temple Death Bunker Buster Who is God To enter: – Go and Like the Platformines page on Facebook – Leave a happy comment on the latest video on the wall […]

Hello. Lots of new additions have been put in the game lately. First we have a home base. This is the place where you start the game, and where you’ll keep coming back to sell/buy stuff, save the game and teleport further down the mines. The teleporters are pretty cool. You can change their position […]

That’s right Platformance: Temple Death for Windows Phone 7 is featured on the Games Marketplace in France. That’s pretty neat. Thanks to Geoffrey Mohaer who spotted it first! If you see it on your country’s phone too let us know. Hoping all these new Nokia Lumia phone selling like hot cakes will get their Platformance […]

Howdy. We have characters that shoot to show you this time. The following video displays NPCs from our character generator that can create 128625 (!) combinations right now. It also shows shooting (You can shoot in all 4 directions) with handguns and some temporary AI . Keep in mind that this is all very basic but […]

Time for another short development update. This time around we figured a short video would be better than anything else. A short platformines prototype video that shows exploration and fog of war. No npc or traps yet… Hit FullScreen button ! Right now we have a huge world that you can explore by double jumping […]

Hello, here is quick update with a little screenshot showing some progress on graphics; more lighting details and some ruins themed blocks. Lots of work has been done code wise but it’s ‘under the hood’ type of stuff so you won’t see anything yet…

Hello, it is a good time to give you a few details about the next game we are working on. Codenamed “Platformines” the game is based on the Platformance engine. It features a huge platform world; while you had a single screen to go through in a Platformance game, this one will have a few […]

While you wait for Mango or a shiny Nokia device to come out of the woods why not enjoy some serious platforming beating with PLATFORMANCE: Temple Death on WP7 in the meantime?! PLATFORMANCE: Temple Death is now available on the Windows Phone marketplace. Get to avoid tons of evil traps, jungle baddies, and more evilness […]

Jonathan over at Dealspwn.com graces us (for the 3rd time!) with a Xbox Live Indie Game of the Week trophy for Who is God ! That’s pretty awesome ! Let’s get this out of the way with here and now: yes, Who Is God is more than vaguely reminiscent of Doodle Jump. In fact, the […]

Our 4th game, “Who is God” has just been released on XBox Live Indie Games. You can download a demo of this boosted vertical platformer from here: Xbox.com Kairi Vice aka IndieGamerChick has a review up already if you’re curious about an unbiased review of the game: Who is God Review over at IndieGamerChick here […]

We have a new game that should be released sometimes during August. It is called “Who is God” and it’s an energized vertical platformer with an addicting gameplay, funky pulsing music and vibrant graphics. One cool feature is that the best online player gamertag will be showing up all over the place as being the one […]